Thank you so much for playing!!! <3 Ambiguous choices also usually stress me out but I thought within the context of the game (and the jam) it would be fitting, I'm glad I managed to pull it off (or at least get away with it hehe)!!
I know I've said it in the discord when we wrapped etc but I want to put it on record that you are truly the best lead we could have asked for!
I am incredibly grateful to have worked with everyone on our team, it was absolutely jam packed with talent but by far I am the most grateful to you! You looked out for everyone on the team and I don't even want to think about the pure caffeine content in your blood throughout the 10 days of this jam but you stayed up until ungodly hours each night to ensure that there was always someone online to answer questions or give help if needed. Your writing is immaculate and (as someone who has read through the routes an endless amount of times) it is always a delight to read (o´▽`o) <3
I am truly in awe that this is your first game jam but I am not surprised at all that you absolutely smashed it!
AND TO THE TEAM I LOVE U ALL!! MWAH ( ˘ ³˘)♥︎
Absolute delight and pleasure to work with every single person on our team, genuinely couldn't have pulled off such a big workload if it wasn't for the chaotic & immensely supportive energy everyone brought to the table ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡
( with love: please drink water and pee I beg of you all )
This was so cinematic!! I really like the pacing and the flashing images at the end omg The twist was really really good and the stories and visuals compliment each other so well, amazing job!
This is soooo sweet (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ) I really love their dynamic together its so so cute! I really like this take on the jams theme as well :) beautiful art too (that cg wowow!) and lovely writing *chefs kiss*
ahhhhhhhh this is amazing!! I was so tense the whole time the atmosphere you managed to create is so eerie and unsettling (so good!). I am very excited to replay this to try and get the 2nd ending ^^ really great work, I love how you interpreted the jams theme :D
SO CUTE!! I love fantasy so I knew I'd love this entry :D:D I really like your take on the theme of unreliable narrator, I like that you technically had more than 1 with all the different characters sharing their take on the same story :) great job!!! ^^
GOD THE VIBES Stunning visuals & really wonderful writing (I weeped I wept) I think I managed to get 3/5 of the possible endings? I will definitely have to come back to try and get all of them!
Really really love the point and click element in this game ^^ Incredibly well polished I am so impressed!! (also that submitted 4 mins 48 seconds before deadline skjdgjdh godspeed soldier)
This was incredible!! I played it multiple times to get both endings, I LOVE your take on the jams theme! absolutely stunning visuals every scene was a delight to look at and the CGs are *chefs kiss*
I really like your writing style and the pacing was really really good, hooked me right in!
I'm gonna be real with you it's a real struggle to try and bring myself to rate anything lower than 5 stars because I feel so mean knowing how much love and effort surely went in to all the entries T_T the way I'm trying to get over it is by playing a bunch of them first, rank them from fav-> least fav for each section and then make my stars reflect that rather than critiquing each one individually ^^;
I had so much fun with this jam! I challenged myself to reach out and join a group and I couldn't be happier with my team honestly! I am loving all the entries I've played so far and it's so interesting to see all the different directions people took the prompt in :)
I kept joking to everyone in my team how it felt like we'd been working on our game for months hahaha it definitely didn't feel like it was only 10 days long, I don't even want to think about the total hours I spent over those 10 days working on the game LOL
I think my biggest take away as for what to do next time is I should have worked out and proposed to my team how many hours I could spare on code for the project and ensure it was scoped accordingly. There were a lot of last minute cuts and I took a day off work for the final 24hrs to make sure everything got finished in time! So next time I'll definitely try to pre plan that aspect a lot better
I really hope I can join the next velox fabula jam :) it was so much fun!
LMAO I'm so glad you found it :') I sprinkled a little something at the start of each route for motivation hahaha! so happy you hear you enjoyed the game ^^ <3
ack I believe the variable to unlock Asters CG is buggy, if thats the one you're missing? If you've seen Asters CG during gameplay (at the end of his route) it should have unlocked but I think this needs fixing ;-;
This was so much fun!!! wowowow I love the guide (hate him as a person, love him as a character... y'know?) I have yet to kick off my journey through the purgatoryverse but now that I have more time on my hands I simply cannot WAIT! The GUI for this is INCREDIBLE every aspect of it I absolutely adore omg! The art is stunning as well, I love the extra effort that was put into animating his mouth as he speaks, that was really immersive! The writing is so good, I can't believe the entire thing is under 1k!? I really loved that you decided to make it so players went back to the home screen and then had a chance to progress in the story, somehow it felt more immersive despite taking you out of the game (if that even makes sense!?) I loved it! and I really appreciate that you added in a way to check which endings you have so far that is a brilliant qol feature :) (I have all but D so far!) Props to the VA too for really bringing it all to life!! They did a great job ^^
GAH MY HEAAARRRTTTT °՞(ᗒᗣᗕ;)՞° What a beautiful and poetic story, I love your writing style this was so lovely to play!! The art is STUNNING so so so pretty and elegant I looooveee it <3
I can't believe this is your first game!??!?! You did an amazing job, I hope you are super proud of yourself omg!!!
I love the soft gentle atmosphere you created with the art, writing and music it was very comforting while still making my heart going HNNGNGNGNGNGNGGGGGGGG (/pos)
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the start screen change!?!?? I'm going to SOB (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )づ♡
Carrot omg thank you!!?! 😭💕 I feel super anxious when I get text messages too!! I was going to take out the constant spam sound of the phone vibrating because I worried that from a gameplay UX perspective it would be too annoying but I kept it in since that was kind of the point. In the paths where Phoenix snaps at her friend it makes more sense as to why after feeling the annoyance and anxiety alongside her as the player from all the text messages (I hope anyway)^^;
ahhhh yes I'm so glad you feel that way about the song because that's exactly what I was hoping for!!! Ione had already produced that song so I am very lucky they let me use it for the game I felt it fit so well! (ෆ˙ᵕ˙ෆ)♡
Thank you so much for playing and thank you again for taking the time to write such a lovely review ;v; <3
This was so fun to play aaaaaaaaa!!! I loveee how well you were able to create a dream-like surreal atmosphere with the music, writing & art :o The VA did such an amazing job too wwowowowow! I really liked the pacing of the story and the narrative loop, it definitely didn't feel like <1k words, you did such a great job! Also the puzzle was really fun and creative!!! The main menu change after completing it is so .·°՞(≧□≦)՞°·. <3
This game is so good!!! very wholesome and very funny I really loved the layout you chose and I was especially impressed by your use of cropping the background to make everyone's chat icons, so smart!
Nooooooooo I'm so sorry (ﾉ´ｰ`)ﾉ I hope if you did or decide to play it a 2nd time that it at least means you know how to do the opposite and get the good end :') Thank you so much for playing!! <3
ahhhhhh yessss I'm so glad you noticed haha!! I had a few people think it was just broken or I had forgotten to draw it properly and I was like no... it serves a purpose 👀 LOL! Thank you so much for playing!!! <3 my apologies for the sad ending haha (シ_ _)シ
omg Joy!!! Thank you so much for playing <3 and I know right!? my gosh Donna did such an amazing job, when I received the lines from her I was blown away!! Thank you for your kind words I'm so glad you liked the game aaaaa (♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈)
This was such a joy omg the writing, art,GUI, music, voice acting are all incredible! It looks so polished, great use of the limitations of O2A2! I really like the story concept you came up with and the formatting of it all is mWAH *chefs kiss*
Nico has my HEART omg 😭💕
I also love the little duckie easter egg in the background hehehe
um just for science though I feel like we need to see this Halloween costume?? like.. for science?? only for professional reasons.... of course
ahhhhhhhhh thank you so MUCH! you are too kind (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ) It makes me so so happy that you love Phoenix omg, she's actually a very old OC of mine I created when I was a young teen so it means a lot to me that you like her ;v; <3 thank you for playing!!!
CARROT!?!?! This is INCREDIBLE ohhhh my god!! Your use of kinetic text in this is impeccable I could practically hear the voice and tone in my head so clearly. This is so well made and so detailed!? The GUI is outstanding, all the extra effort into customizing everything (even the loading screen!?) is amazing! I really loved the story, your writing is so entertainig! I have yet to play Our Wonderland since I've been saving it for a time where I can really sink the hours into it but I think I'm gonna have to play it very soon because 👁️👁️ I need more content asap. I am genuinely so impressed by this, the pacing is great and certainly doesn't feel like the story has been limited to <1k words
I had so much fun playing this :D it took me a few goes to finally get ending 2 but I was so glad when I did!! (I got 3 then 1 then 2 ^^)
edit: OH AND I FORGOT TO SAY!!!!! I adored the use of movement to show that you're dancing - so immersive!
I really love the atmosphere and tension you managed to create with the visuals, music & writing!!! This was a really creative way of working within the restrictions given by O2A2 :) As someone who has suffered from de-realization & psychosis this story was very familiar to me, I really liked the visual representation of the distorted face morphing into different things as the story progressed.
I played to get both endings and really enjoyed them both! The one for the "right" order was very sweet <3
。゜゜(´Ｏ`) ゜゜。 I can always count on you and your games to make my heart go HNGNGGNNGGGGGGGGGNGNGGLGNGNVNGN (/pos) CLUTCHING MY CHEST RN ;~;
This was so beautiful! Your writing, as always, was so wonderful <3 I loooved the visuals, the movement of Orpheus as he walked was a really nice touch! The voice acting is incredible, such a great job! The emotion, aaaaa!
When he turned around at the end for the final scene eUGH so emotional ;-;
another absolute banger of a game, wonderful job!!! <3
I have to admit despite my love for horror games I am, in fact, a baby so I did play this game in windowed mode to somewhat hide from any jumpscares that might come my way LOL. I really loved the tension you built from the breaks in between. The overall story and pacing was immaculate and the visuals are so so so impressive!
Really polished game & very smart usage of the restrictions given by O2A2 :)
The voice acting was really great as well!
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I was actually thinking of the IBM 7094 Daisy Bell before the song showed up in-game so I was delighted to hear it hahaha
I was thoroughly impressed by this and then EVEN MORE SO when I found out you made it as a last minute entry!? so so so so good! I have yet to get all the endings but I will definitely be replaying to try and get them all.
I really enjoyed the writing and story and the visuals are incredible! I love the textures and movement it adds so much I want to EAT IT ῍̻̩✧(´͈ ૢᐜ `͈ૢ)˖῍̻̩
Really great usage of the limitations presented through O2A2, amazing job!
omg I WEEP 🤧🤧 what a lovely game 🥹I have to admit my brain is a little frazzled so it took me a second I was like "oh no I'm a little kid!?" and then I was like "... I'M A CAT!? 😭" sooo wholesome, I adored the little convos between them ;w; <3 The UI and art for this is incredible!! so well done omg! you made great use of the O2A2 restrictions as well, the plain bg with just the feet was such a smart move and it still really felt like a fully fleshed out scene!
I really enjoyed playing this, I think I will definitely come back to re-play this from time to time ^^
CHATTERRR ┗( T﹏T )┛ 💕Thank you so much for taking the time to play my game and write this comment it is so so kind omg! It makes me so happy for you to have noticed some of the smaller details in the game ;v; <3
I don't consider myself much of a writer so I wanted to make something coming from my own life experiences that I thought people could relate to. so I'm really glad that you found it realistic and could find empathy to Phoenix's situation ^^
I'm so pleased you didn't find the vagueness of the choices too frustrating!! I was hoping it would encourage people to play more than once (like you mentioned doing yippeee!!)
and yess! Donna did such an amazing job with the voices, it truly brought the characters to life in such an exciting way!! I am very grateful that she joined the project <3
What you said is so true, I hope everyone can get the chance to find peace with how they look or at least have a good support system around them for their down days! Thank you so much for playing, Snakkiez! <3
I immediately replayed to get both endings omg!!!! This was SO good, incredibly polished and very impressive for your first vn(?!?!?) I love the atmosphere you created with the background sounds & visuals. I am so intrigued to know more about Sean, MC & the others but the insight you gave during gameplay was still satisfying! really impressive, I am looking forward to hopefully seeing more content from you in the future!! ^^ <3
